Thu, Jan 3, 2013
Mattes and Melanie investigate how Tanja Grabow crashed her car after a presumed rock hit it from a road bridge, which she believes the doing of her abusive husband Holger. Medicine student David, who saved her administering first aid stat, confirms seeing a man fitting Holger's description, and his violent record and temper. Interim station chief Grüning isn't pleased how things run there, especially scolding Melanie for undermining team spirit and the chain of command, Melanie bluntly retorts he 'can't handle strong women', unaware Mattes just overheard beloved chief Berger in hospital, doubting if he can return on the job. Mattes works out David and his bowling partner concealed crucial elements.
Thu, Jan 10, 2013
Tarik's Turkish roots prove a cultural plus when he interrupts his potential brides app screening to investigate with Claudia the wounding by thrown stone of barman Tann in militant transvestite bar owner Koller's exposure-secured premises. THe only willing witness just indicates her Turkish shopkeeper Mahsud Aysin as suspect by identifying his truck. The grim new commissioner's authoritative style already alienated the team, but even Matthias fails to see why he takes Taris off the case as 'biased'.
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Thu, Jan 17, 2013
Mattes and Melanie respond to robbery alert in fish snack bar "Kallis Kutterklause" which was vandalized and robbed of all seafood. Yet owner Kalli is more secretive then cooperative, being a dodgy petty criminal himself. The sandwich they bring from there to hungry Tariq makes him ill, as turns out due to fish from a batch Kalli stolen from a fishy monger, which also contained smuggled medication. That trails to Dr. Jasmin Jonas's colleague Dr. Evgenji Pawlow, who discretely treats patients without Insurance, and ultimately his supplier Waldemar Rebel, a big fish.
Thu, Mar 7, 2013
On the day captain Berger will finally resume precinct command, Wolle picks up his repaired ship model as welcome back office remodeling, but witnesses a purse snap. The juvenile thief escapes on foot after phone-alerted Hans gets injured tripping over another knave's bike. Wolle recognizes and pleads obvious innocence for Felix, son of his dance club partner Linda Hoffmann. After Hans spots the snatcher and hospital data identify him as Dennis Reimann, pieces are put together, leading to a kidnapping finale.
Thu, Mar 14, 2013
Claudia's son Max eagerly starts his police internship in the precinct, alas with only tame old Wolle as mentor, but proves himself a fine researcher. The daily cash receipts of Lars List and fiancee Iris Schwan's trendy restaurant were stolen at night without apparent lock forcing, so the trusted staff, who all have keys, are suspects, firstly Lars's ex Maja Urbancic, whose was found on site and suggests jealous Iris set her up. Tariq finds Maya's wheelchair-bound teen son Kristof, who was injured in traffic accident, carrying an even larger cash sum. .
Thu, Mar 21, 2013
Socialite yacht owner Peter Clemens complains about 'borrrowing' and alleged diamond watch theft by his marina neighbor, who is dragged to the precinct for questioning and turns out to be Franzi's 'chaotic' father, adventurer Karl-Heinz 'Rufi' Rufenberg. Hans leads the search for a bloody knife used in the stabbing of homeless Asmus Theissen, who is found having possessed and himself being robbed of the watch, which Peter's wife admits having given him, but she hides the motive from her past, relevant to the entire family.
Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Hans, Tariq, Claudia and Franzi investigate copper thefts from contractor Volker Beermann's building sites and elsewhere. Foreman Oskar Siebek has a record and suspicious hand wound, but there are family and business complications. ER doc Jasmin's illegal cleaning lady Malwa brings badly bleeding nephew Danilo to her, seeking 'discrete' treatment as he isn't even a legal immigrant. Both cases link over allergenic cement.
Thu, Apr 4, 2013
Just-released ex-con robber Mats Kurschmann finds his ex-wife Sylvia Kurschmann, who runs a fish shop, unwilling to put him up or at last return his things, The police gets a call from customer Harald Jorgensen, who runs but is easily traced, while another, doc Helen Anneza who claims to have defended her against Mats, is blamed for the brawl, for which Mats is deterred from filing a formal complaint. Son Lucas Kurschmann mistrusts Harald as Helen's admirer. The team suspects Mat's never found loot may be key.
Thu, Apr 18, 2013
Alexander Hagemeyer's high-pregnant wife Silke is rushed to ER, badly wounded, after a purse-robbery at the Elbe, but ex-con suspect Pieter van Graal dumped even the cash. Her story doesn't check out and colleague Grit Seidel sent threatening notes. Alexander seems focused only on the long-wished child, but may not be the biological father, receiving pictures suggesting Silke had an affair or a sperm donor deal. Melanie poses as wish mother to set a trap.
Thu, May 2, 2013
After tripping over a abandoned bicycle, Mattes hears a noise in the basement of the Pilz family, where the wife falsely reported a robber, investigates and gets a blackout after Melanie, who came after him, was shot. Mattes is suspended during the IA investigation, but can't stand by and elaborates the theory that Peter Pilz's teen son from his previous relationship Finn Wedekind, who owns the bike, is key as robber, although no theft is reported.
Thu, Sep 26, 2013
Jens Piecek lands in hospital after picking a fight as he and his bride are denied entry to their honeymoon cruiser as the travel agency failed to book their fully paid trip aboard the MS Deutschland, which Wolle planned to book in honor of his late mother's lifelong dream. Mattes and Hans work out with the cruise director Beatrice that her friend Annette Bünting's local agency was abused in several such cases, the work of a ruthless womanizer.
Thu, Oct 3, 2013
Wolle did a seminar and convinces the boss to try out a month-long team switch. Tariq can't stomach his sister dating anyone, even Mattes isn't safe for his 'warning' fist. Pre-teen Tim brings his kid sister Lina to hospital after a staircase fall, but she has marks from repeated beatings, which both kids, under social supervision after mother abandoned them, deny, until pressed she accuses their father, paroled petty criminal and boxer over date Mike Mitschke. His gym has its own secrets.
Thu, Oct 10, 2013
Tarik is in a good mood. In his divorced mother Miriam's absence, Jasper Haller (7) saw, unlike Peruvian nurse Tamin, a robber who took the jewelry and while binding with Tarik identifies him from police archive as Dietrich Specht. He admits intruding but claims there was no loot to be found. Rookie Max remains stuck in precinct, with chores and an elusive dog. It soon appears Jasper is covering for Tamin, who hides more, including a boyfriend.
Thu, Oct 24, 2013
Mattes hard-handedly arrest a red-handed-caught car thief, but Claudia recognizes her undercover former partner Gerald Renner. She helps him escape without confiding in anyone after being told he's finally setting a trap for crime baron Kurt Schellmann, only to find the police raid in his HQ fruitless do to a precinct mole. Tarik just painstakingly proved his innocence in a similar case, and won't rest until he unmasks the mole, suspecting even intern Max, who cleverly dodged Wolle's hazing prank.
Thu, Oct 31, 2013
Responding to a confused, broken-off cellphone call from a woman about a missing baby boy, Matthes finds her in the deer park, near the car of well-off Dana Schmied, too erratic to give useful information, paranoid about baby-thieves. Tariq gently breaks in the Schmied villa, ad finds it a mess with blood trail, but when Dana's grumpy husband Michael arrives he doesn't even know the apparent abductor of his son Jacob, searching his cellar Tariq finds Dana, restrained by two former out-patients of the psychiatric asylum where she had been therapist. Mattes braves calls to leave it to professional and gets the loon to trust him enough to give clues Tariq can follow to her cahoot Sascha Hanisch.
Thu, Nov 7, 2013
On dreaded stickler Wolf Haller's first day as the new precinct 21 commander, he's blackmailed byTheo Mendes, who was just released after serving 25 years, maintaining his innocence. Theo burnt a car to render credible his claim he'll murder a kidnapped innocent unless the real murderer turns himself in that day, holding Haller responsible -besides parties meanwhile deceased- for his conviction and lost life. The dynamic, demanding new chief makes a good impression on Tariq, a bad on the ER doc team and was in academy with Claudia.
Thu, Nov 14, 2013
The precinct mobilizes to evacuate urgently a Hamburg quarter where a sharp, never exploded WW II bomb was found on a construction site. The expert team must delay removal as several people stayed behind in a rest home. Someone knocked down the caretaker and stole valuables. Tariq's partner's father Karl-Heinz Rufenberg, who just migrated back from Brazil, is found lurking but also provides crucial clues. Surprisingly, cold cases prove key.
Thu, Nov 21, 2013
"Wheel Devils"-biker Ingo Beuters, a rocker, was badly wounded when deliberately crashed by car, but nobody wants or dares to talk to the police, not even his Brazilian fiancee student Giovanna da Luca. While Hans's team investigate theories, focusing on "Wheel Devils" Harald Wenners and Frank Hamann, who intimidate everyone away from Ingo in ER, they find the criminal biker gag was involved in corruption and the port's red light district. A key person is kidnapped.
Thu, Nov 28, 2013
Impopular, shifty, erratic 'deadbeat' ex-junk with a record Marc Böll is accused by his neighbors -except a crone he alone helps out- of shooting with an alarm pistol at one of them, but is cleared by forensics despite owning a pistol and having fled. Complaints are filed by the victim and the building owner, Lutz Steinhoff, who count on help from Claudia as former hippie days protest buddy. But are found to have ulterior motives to want Marc out of the way. Tariq meanwhile wrestles with boss Haller expecting him to reschedule his Turkish mates team's reservation in the sports hall.
Thu, Dec 5, 2013
Hamburg mayoral candidate Harald Brodersen's home is the latest to be wrecked, during a party his brat daughter Scarlett gave in his absence, by a ape-masked bunch which struck repeatedly the last months, but this time Scarlett's best friend Bianca was pushed down a staircase, needing hospitalization. Tarik and Hans first suspect Fred Schirmer, a known anti-establishment vandal but get suspicious when Harald Brodersen, who claims nothing was stole from his broken-up desk, turns uncooperative and publicity-shy. He's on good terms with captain Wolf Haller but is also suspected of corruption. Then Scarlet is kidnapped.
Thu, Dec 12, 2013
Hans cautiously and Franzi glowingly testifying in favor of troubled youth rehab program charge Zlatko Tesic who is about to be tried for robbery with injury of Maria Büttner, the girl friend of Kevin Assmann, bitter crime rival of the Tesic family, only her absence causes a delay. *. Tarik and Claudia find and hospitalize Maria just in time to prevent a toxic cocktail suicide attempt succeeding. Working out her motivation changes everything.
Thu, Dec 19, 2013
Mattes Seeler tries to break up a row outside a disco club where the ex-con bouncer refused drunks entry, then chases Henner Paulsen, the vandal who accidentally scratched his partner Melanie by throwing a beer bottle, but reports half an hour later having lost him and incurred mild damage in a fall. Shortly after the knave is hospitalized, badly beaten up, and timidly claims it was a uniformed cop, tagged Seeler. The collegiate support in the precinct is tested when Mattes admits having lied to cover up an embarrassing episode, not abuse, but captain Haller must treat the complaint by the book pending an IA case, next suspend Mattes for ignoring being taken off the case with desk duty. Luckily mates sleuth on working with synthetic drugs and other secrets kept by people linked to Henner, like mate marked ans his girl, and/or to the club.
Wed, Sep 18, 2013
Martial arts fan Tarik is delighted the case takes him to the Hamburg operetta theatre where Rocky musical lead Drew Sarich has collapsed from a non-fatal overdose tranquilizer which must have been slipped into his drink just before the performance which will be attended by a major casting directors. Surprisingly producer Mikkelsen doesn't field Drew's aging double Florian Ellinger, to assistant Janne Abraham's fury, but fitter last reserve Henry Gravert. A vindictive actress has also been sighted but Mikkelsen stubbornly refuses to cancel any show, despite indications more trouble is ahead, not even after it materializes. Hans meanwhile worries his missing key chain may have been abused by a crook.